Quality Control Technician

at Kelly Services in West Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Quality Control Technician

Kelly® Science & Clinical is seeking a Quality Control Technician for a direct hire position at a leading food/beverage company in West Chicago, IL. If you’re passionate about ensuring product quality and safety and are ready to take the next step in your career, trust The Experts at Hiring Experts.

Pay Rate:

$20-23/hour depending on experience

Overview:

This client is an industry-leading food/beverage company focused on maintaining the highest standards in product quality and safety. In this role, you’ll be responsible for ensuring that all products meet the necessary quality and safety standards, and you’ll have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the company’s operations.

Schedule:

3rd shift: 10:00pm – 6:30am with a rotating Saturday schedule

Responsibilities:

+ Responsible for data entry, managing, and utilizing date information within Company databases.

+ Preside over facility sanitation practices, performing inspection of equipment, and/or manufacturing processes.

+ Ensure conformance to GMP guidelines and all company policies/procedures.

+ Inspect Finished Goods, representing Medical Foods, Dietary Supplements, and other high-profile contract customer products.

+ Identify non-conforming conditions within the manufacturing environment and with products and materials per their compliance to food safety and food quality.

+ Responsible for placing non-conforming products and materials or products that do not conform to specifications into hold status.

+ Ensure appropriate communication of food safety and quality issues with Production Supervisors, Managers, and other facility personnel as required.

+ Initiate investigations into the causes of material or product non-conformances, gathering pertinent information, documents, interviews, graphic and physical evidence, etc.

+ Investigate customer complaints with guidance from Supervisor.

+ Perform audits based on SQF guidelines: Hard Plastic, Processing Line, X-Ray, etc.

+ Make suggestions to improve plant safety, food safety, and product quality.

+ Make suggestions on how to increase efficiency and cost savings within the department and actively participate in the implementation of own or others’ ideas.

+ Gather finished good samples per program requirements.

+ Provide hands-on training to plant employees as directed.

+ Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications:

+ High School Diploma or GED

+ 3-5 years quality control experience in the food/beverage industry.

What happens next:

Once you apply, you’ll proceed to the next steps if your skills and experience look like a good fit. But don’t worry – even if this position doesn’t work out, you’re still in our network. That means our team of expert Science & Clinical recruiters will have access to your profile, making your opportunities limitless.

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here (https://www.mykelly.com/help-support-working-with-kelly-us/#Benefits) for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

Why Kelly ® Science & Clinical?

Kelly Science & Clinical is your connection to premier scientific and clinical companies looking to hire industry experts just like you. Our team creates expert talent solutions to solve the world’s most critical challenges. Every day, we match science professionals with dream jobs that fit their skills, interests, and career goals-it’s the way we think job searching should be. Nearly 100 percent of our science recruiters have a professional background and education in science, so we know a thing or two about the science market and how to get your expertise noticed.

About Kelly

Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we’re obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it’s about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It’s the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It’s the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life-just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.

Kelly Services is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We welcome, value, and embrace diversity at all levels and are committed to building a team that is inclusive of a variety of backgrounds, communities, perspectives, and abilities. At Kelly, we believe that the more inclusive we are, the better services we can provide. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to Kelly’s Human Resource Knowledge Center.
Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment.

Kelly Services is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We welcome, value, and embrace diversity at all levels and are committed to building a team that is inclusive of a variety of backgrounds, communities, perspectives, and abilities. At Kelly, we believe that the more inclusive we are, the better services we can provide. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to Kelly’s Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment.